NFLX Options History — September 2013

In September 2013, NFLX traded between $4.13 and $4.48. ATM implied volatility averaged 45.9%, placing in the 16.6% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 13.2%. IV traded above realized volatility by 11.1% (HV 20d: 34.7%). Max pain ranged from $4.07 to $4.50. Net GEX was positive for 19 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 14 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.02.

Notable Days

  • 2013-09-10: Highest Volume — 10,701,600 contracts
  • 2013-09-23: Largest IV spike — 37.0% change
  • 2013-09-25: Highest IV Rank — 44.9%
  • 2013-09-25: Largest Expected Move — 18.7%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$4.34$4.13$4.48$4.13$4.42
Max Pain$4.23$4.07$4.50$4.07$4.43
ATM IV45.9%35.0%65.1%40.8%64.3%
Expected Move13.2%10.0%18.7%11.7%18.1%
HV 20d34.7%30.0%39.1%32.4%34.5%
HV 60d37.7%35.9%39.9%39.9%36.0%
IV Rank16.6%0.6%44.9%9.1%43.8%
IV Percentile25.0%0.4%71.4%12.3%71.0%
Term Structure3.2%-9.8%25.4%1.2%-7.3%
VWIV46.8%35.7%66.2%41.9%62.5%
Skew 25d2.3%1.0%4.4%1.9%3.2%
Skew 10d5.1%2.8%7.8%5.1%7.4%
Call IV 25d45.3%34.5%63.7%40.2%61.8%
Put IV 25d47.7%36.4%67.3%42.2%65.0%
Bid-Ask Spread %9.163.5031.498.943.50
Gamma HHI0.100.050.420.090.06
Net GEX25.9M-7.8M81.7M23.5M11.8M
Net DEX-1.86B-2.65B-1.24B-1.79B-1.45B
Net VEX-6.4M-6.7M-5.9M-6.3M-6.4M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.020.751.330.901.19
Total Volume4,637,1502,183,51010,701,6004,359,8802,183,510
Total OI20,576,84316,910,53023,697,94018,766,44017,475,360

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2013-09-03$4.13$4.0740.8%11.7%32.4%9.1%41.9%1.9%1.2%23.5M-1.79B-6.3M0.908.94N/AN/A2,300,7602,059,1208,575,14010,191,300
2013-09-04$4.18$4.0739.4%11.3%32.5%7.1%40.0%2.0%1.5%31.6M-1.93B-6.2M0.927.89N/AN/A2,467,5702,261,3509,061,22010,750,180
2013-09-05$4.22$4.0739.3%11.3%30.0%6.9%40.1%1.9%1.5%45.1M-2.05B-6.4M0.9711.18N/AN/A2,154,8102,082,7809,559,34011,380,390
2013-09-06$4.16$4.1438.8%11.1%30.9%6.1%39.0%1.8%2.0%13.6M-1.82B-6.4M0.9412.66N/AN/A2,435,0902,281,2309,718,59011,621,190
2013-09-09$4.20$4.0738.8%11.1%30.9%6.2%39.6%1.9%1.6%22.9M-1.82B-6.2M1.0617.29N/AN/A1,312,3601,392,0208,710,38010,415,510
2013-09-10$4.47$4.0740.6%11.6%36.4%8.8%41.5%1.7%0.7%53.1M-2.65B-5.9M0.958.75N/AN/A5,499,9005,201,7009,165,17010,758,790
2013-09-11$4.40$4.2938.5%11.0%37.5%5.7%39.6%1.2%1.2%32.3M-2.25B-6.4M1.3318.05N/AN/A2,831,8503,759,5609,939,02012,280,590
2013-09-12$4.31$0.0038.9%11.1%39.1%6.3%39.7%1.0%1.1%-7.8M-1.77B-6.6M1.1231.49N/AN/A2,570,7502,884,28010,228,89012,827,290
2013-09-13$4.37$4.3638.3%10.9%36.3%5.4%38.7%1.8%0.9%33.3M-2.16B-6.4M0.9111.48N/AN/A2,715,2302,466,31010,596,53013,101,410
2013-09-16$4.32$4.0738.3%11.1%36.7%5.5%39.7%2.1%14.3%16.7M-1.85B-6.3M1.276.31N/AN/A1,437,5201,826,2309,149,07011,450,880
2013-09-17$4.28$4.0736.5%10.5%37.1%2.8%37.2%1.9%15.4%1.4M-1.68B-6.4M1.064.33N/AN/A1,794,1001,901,2009,514,61012,028,310
2013-09-18$4.38$4.1435.0%10.0%34.1%0.6%35.7%1.9%16.5%36.4M-2.12B-6.4M1.083.86N/AN/A1,701,4901,842,9609,988,65012,428,920
2013-09-19$4.36$4.1435.2%10.1%33.8%0.8%36.1%2.1%25.4%31.0M-1.96B-6.2M1.093.93N/AN/A1,318,2401,437,0309,953,44012,618,060
2013-09-20$4.48$4.1442.6%10.5%34.4%11.8%37.4%2.1%25.0%81.7M-2.33B-6.1M0.756.09N/AN/A4,424,3503,305,6809,888,55012,841,150
2013-09-23$4.31$4.4358.4%18.5%36.8%35.0%64.7%3.5%-9.4%5.3M-1.24B-6.5M0.944.06N/AN/A3,195,4303,008,2507,724,2209,186,310
2013-09-24$4.38$4.4361.5%18.5%36.7%39.7%65.1%4.3%-9.6%16.4M-1.47B-6.6M1.075.61N/AN/A2,162,9302,320,0108,479,94010,018,960
2013-09-25$4.39$4.5065.1%18.7%35.2%44.9%65.6%4.4%-9.8%13.1M-1.46B-6.7M0.956.47N/AN/A1,506,5401,426,8108,718,43010,609,480
2013-09-26$4.48$4.4363.9%18.5%34.9%43.3%65.3%3.1%-3.4%41.4M-1.79B-6.6M0.985.63N/AN/A2,146,3402,110,2208,938,86010,929,310
2013-09-27$4.46$4.4363.6%18.6%34.8%42.8%66.2%3.0%-4.6%16.1M-1.68B-6.6M1.025.68N/AN/A1,490,0901,527,4009,459,24011,254,180
2013-09-30$4.42$4.4364.3%18.1%34.5%43.8%62.5%3.2%-7.3%11.8M-1.45B-6.4M1.193.50N/AN/A998,2701,185,2407,913,7109,561,650